PROJECT STATEMENT
The Wild Cosmos
The photographs and recorded prose in The Wild Cosmos chronicle my interior journey through life and profound loss. Even as an adult, nothing prepared me for when the stars–my mom, dad, and brother–fell from the sky. Seeking solace, I immersed myself in the land and in my art, trusting that my world would right itself.
Looking for light in the darkness, I retraced the cross-country trips of my youth and explored the backroads of Maine. I wanted to rekindle the wonder of my untethered childhood while remembering those I had lost.
I pair my photographs with audio versions of my writing loosely based on my journal of field notes and dreams. My photographs and recorded prose are love letters to places, memories, dreams, and family. Each is an invitation to pay attention.
BIOGRAPHY
Diane Hemingway is an artist who tells stories of life through photography and interdisciplinary media. Her photographic work, which includes written and recorded prose, explores the spiritual, emotional, and physical link between the natural world, memory, and lived experience.
Hemingway received her MFA, from Maine Media College, Rockport Maine. She has exhibited nationally at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Praxis Gallery, A Smith Gallery, Panopticon Gallery, PhotoPlace Gallery, SE Center for Photography, Atlanta Photography Group, Cove Street Arts, and Gallery 263 among others.
Hemingway has published two monographs, The Fire in My Throat in 2021 and The Wild Cosmos in 2020 which is a multi-media publication combining image, text, and audio. Her work has also been included in editions published by NORDphotography, curated by Cig Harvey.
She lives and works in Maine.
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Photos by Melanie Chapman